Tanzania police raid FGM ceremony

Tanzania opposition says police raid tallying centre after election
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania's biggest opposition party Chadema said police have raided its tallying centre and arrested party members after presidential and parliamentary polls closed on Sunday, a rare incident in a mostly peaceful day of ...

Five security officials and six militants are killed in an explosion during a raid on a weapons cache in the capital N'Djamena, officials say.

>Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THDC) has condemned the killings of two police officers in yet another attack on a police station in Rufiji District, Coast Region in wee hours on Wednesday.

Police Net Bhang in Suna Raid
The Star
The bhang believed to have been smuggled from Tanzania was stored at a deserted house in Kababu village, Suna West constituency. Gatogo said residents said the bhang, which was packed in three sacks, was brought at night. "The haul was to be ...

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Police raid BAWACHA office, arrest MP Mdee
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Chadema Women Wing (BAWACHA) Chairperson and Kawe MP, Halima Mdee argues with a riot police officer when the legislator and other BAWACHA members started their planned march to State House. Leading opposition party, Chama cha Demokrasia ...
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Police yesterday raided and seized 24 computers from an office used by the Tanzanian Civil Society Consortium on Election Observation (Tacceo) to receive election reports from various regions.

Police have arrested the former leader of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr Kizza Besigye, at his home in Kasangati and whisked him off to an unknown place.

>The police force was on high alert yesterday following the Friday night drama in which armed robbers raided a police station, killed two officers and injured two others.

>When Gaudin Kakoko left his house for work, the officer at Stakishari Police Station was looking forward to travelling to his Karagwe home in Kagera Region the next day. Little did he know that he would not live long enough to see another day, let alone home.